#B257F2#B257F2

#B257F2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.227 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257F2
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 242)
HSL	hsl(275, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 64%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, 62.69, -63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 88.99, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% 0.1407 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.227 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7920, 22.6927, 86.3764)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257F2 #97F257

analogous

#6557F2 #B257F2 #F257E4

triadic

#B257F2 #F2B257 #57F2B2

tetradic

#B257F2 #F26557 #97F257 #57E4F2

square

#B257F2 #F26557 #97F257 #57E4F2

split-complementary

#B257F2 #E4F257 #57F265

monochromatic

#770FC0 #981EEE #B257F2 #CC90F6 #E6C9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#B257F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#B257F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257F2

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257F2	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B84EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8779D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.227 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8cf7',
    500: '#b257f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257f2;
$custom-light: #cd8cf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.226,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63723,
    "c": 0.22732,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257F2

secondary

#CEEDB8

accent

#E2035F

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257F2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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